It was third time lucky Monday for convicted cocaine trafficker Jean Gaetan Gingras.
In September, B.C. Court of Appeal Chief Justice Lance Finch denied him bail pending an appeal of his drug conviction, saying to release Gingras would diminish the public’s confidence in the administration of justice.
Again last month, five other appeal court judges agreed with Finch and denied Gingras bail a second time.
But on Monday, Gingras, 70, was released on bail by ... Read More …

A Montreal man who admitted he arranged a 1986 bombing at a Surrey newspaper should go to jail for 14 years after being convicted in an RCMP reverse sting cocaine conspiracy, a prosecutor said Monday.
Federal Crown Martha Devlin said the RCMP case against Jean Gaetan Gingras, 68, was very similar to the operation in which gangster Jarrod Bacon was convicted. And she told Justice Carol Ross that Bacon was sentenced Friday to 12 years ... Read More …